[ale] sponsoring registrar

[Michael Trausch]

Depends. Some let you even proactively put in a bid before expiration to attempt to snag it for you. This tends to be how squatters operate. 

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> On Oct 22, 2014, at 4:35 PM, Todor Fassl <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, we just gave up and got a new domain name and new web site.
> 
> The old domain name expires in February. Does anybody have experience registering a domain name  with a different registrar as soon as it expires? Can I register the domain name on namecheap like 10 seconds after it expires on the old registrar?
> 
>> On 10/22/14 14:00, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>>> On 10/20/2014 04:58 PM, JD wrote:
>>> Contact his heirs.
>>> 
>>> Have them sign a statement giving the domain, hosting, DNS, etc. to you.  While
>>> I haven't had to deal with registrars - I have recently been the executor of a will.
>>> 
>>> Go to the heirs - they will likely happily hand it over if there is any email
>>> from you in his email account from before he died ... or you can show posts to
>>> the website with your account or any meeting minutes showing the core group of
>>> responsible people.
>> +1.
>> 
>> This is the only way to go if the assets required are in the deceased
>> person's name; their next of kin has the legal authority to transfer the
>> domain to a third party, but short of that, you'll have to wait for
>> expiration and snag it back before a squatter does.
>> 
>> If the thing *is* in the NPO's name, with the deceased listed as only a
>> contact, then anyone that can prove ties to the NPO will be able to gain
>> access to the domain name.
>> 
>>     — Mike
>> 
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